Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-0536
CVE-2011-0536
Description
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in elf/dl-object.c in certain modified versions of the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6), including glibc-2.5-49.el5_5.6 and glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object (DSO) in a subdirectory of the current working directory during execution of a (1) setuid or (2) setgid program that has $ORIGIN in (a) RPATH or (b) RUNPATH within the program itself or a referenced library. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-3847.
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Affected products
4- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
18- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/01/3nvdPatch
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/03/2nvdPatch
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/43830nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/43989nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/46397nvdVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0412.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0413.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2011/msg00005.htmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- sourceware.org/git/nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadednvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1009-2nvd
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlnvd
- launchpad.net/bugs/701783nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13086nvd
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